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Judge Dismisses Notre Dame Professor’s Defamation Suit Against Student Newspaper

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A judge last week dismissed a University of Notre Dame’s professor’s defamation lawsuit against a student-run publication over news coverage of her abortion-rights advocacy. St. Joseph County Superior Court Senior Judge Steven David found that …

How the Coronavirus Spread So Quickly Across U.S.

As the United States exceeds 5 million reported coronavirus cases — the world’s first country to do so — epidemiologists have pinpointed what helped to set the country on this path. Research from the University of Notre Dame estimates that …

Most Firms Neglected Pandemics in Annual Risk Assessments: Study

The risk of a pandemic was known prior to the current health crisis, yet in disclosing their risk factors to shareholders in 2018, public companies showed little foresight in terms of the impact and likelihood of a pandemic, according to …

North Carolina Survey: Many Coastal Homeowners Have No Plan to Mitigate Storm Damage

A majority of coastal homeowners have little to no intention of reducing their homes’ structural vulnerabilities, even though they live in areas frequently affected by damaging hurricanes and flooding and their homes are vulnerable to damage, according to new research …

Court Rules Against Notre Dame over Insurance Coverage for Birth Control

A federal appeals court in Chicago has ruled against the University of Notre Dame, located in South Bend, Ind., in a case over parts of the federal health care law that forces it to provide health insurance for students and …